Role of CAQA in the course of further development of higher education systems International Conference on Higher Education Reform: Towards Joint Regional Roadmap in Higher Education Structural Reform Petrovac, Montenegro, Hotel Palace, May 2012 organised under the scheme of STREW Tempus project; Endre Pap Commission for Accreditation and Quality Assurance, Vice- President

System of Quality Assurance in Serbia Quality assurance of HEI 1 Internal mechanism Self-assessment of HEI-s Self-evaluation Report 2 External mechanisms Accreditation External quality assessment Decision: Report on External QA „yes“, „no“ „act of warning“ Grade on fulfillment of Working license quality assurance obligations

  s  standards f ff for self-assessment of institutions sstandards for accreditation of the higher education institutions and study programs sstandards for external quality assessment of institutions Proposed by CAQA, approved by NCHE in October System of Quality Assurance in Serbia HEI-s: - Self-assessment (3 years) CAQA: - Accreditation of HEI-s and study programs (5 years) - External quality assessment of HEI-s (5-8 years) NCHE: - Decides upon appeals on decisions in the accreditation procedure - Gives a grade of fulfillment of HEI-s quality assurance obligations on the basis of CAQA report

Institution submits the accreditation request supported by the data and documents The Accreditation Procedure CAQA forms a sub- commission (1 student) CAQA designates two reviewers for the institution and each study program (700 referees) The reviewers submit reports to the sub-commission The sub-commission makes a draft report and presents it to CAQA The sub-commission visits the institution- report CAQA makes the accreditation decision accepts the accreditation request and grants the Accreditation Certificate rejects the accreditation postpones the decision and gives an act of warning to the institution appeal to the National Council of Higher Education operating licenses (ME)

Institution submits the self-evaluation report supported by data and documentation The External Quality Assessment Procedure CAQA forms a sub- commission (students) CAQA, at the proposal by sub-commission, designates two reviewers for the institution (700 referees) The reviewers submit reports to the sub-commission The sub-commission makes a draft report and presents it to CAQA The sub-commission visits the institution- report CAQA accepts the report on external QA CAQA sends the report to The HE institution, Minister of Education, National Council for Higher Education

QA System Implementation I Accreditation Phase Results: 204 accredited HE institutions, 1538 accredited study programs I External Quality Assessment Phase Results: 50 Higher Schools of Professional Studies have been evaluated II Accreditation Phase Results: 50 Higher Schools of Professional Studies, accredited in 2007 and evaluated in 2011, are currently in the accreditation process

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